9-letter words containing b, a, s
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backseats — Plural form of backseat.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backsides — Plural form of backside.
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backslash — a slash which slopes to the left \
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- backspace — to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstabs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backswing — the movement of a club, bat, or racket backwards, away from the intended point of contact, in preparation for making a stroke
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bad lands — a deeply eroded barren region of SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska
- bad taste — lack of discernment
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- badgeless — without a badge
- badinages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage.
- badmashes — Plural form of badmash.
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- bagginess — The characteristic of being baggy.
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- baguettes — Plural form of baguette.
- bahookies — Plural form of bahookie.
- baigneuse — a day bed of the Empire period, having a back sloping and curving to form a rounded head and foot.
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- bake sale — a sale of homemade, donated baked goods, as by a church or club to raise money.
- bakegoods — baked goods, as bread, cakes, or pies.
- bakehouse — a building or room to bake in; bakery.
- bakeshops — Plural form of bakeshop.
- bakestone — a flat stone placed in or near an oven or fire, for baking cakes on
- baksheesh — money given as a tip, a present, or alms
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.